SQL Server Jobs in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 32 52
Rank change year-on-year -48 +20 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,500 4,683 5,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.27% 5.51% 5.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.16% 30.97% 25.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 4,124 4,054
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,934 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +6.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,278 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year - -2.65% +7.62%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,768 15,123 20,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.73% 17.80% 21.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,777 11,441 12,687
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,779 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £96,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in England.

Salary trend for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -53 441 £70,000 +7.69% 556
North of England -57 358 £50,000 - 179
South East -51 255 £50,000 -9.09% 208
Midlands -45 232 £50,000 - 151
North West -81 186 £50,000 - 112
Yorkshire -6 145 £52,500 - 51
West Midlands -54 129 £55,000 +4.76% 86
East of England -33 119 £47,500 - 56
East Midlands -24 102 £50,000 +5.26% 64
South West -49 83 £53,750 +2.38% 75
North East -8 31 £55,000 +15.79% 16
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 92 (6.13%) IIS
2 85 (5.67%) SharePoint
3 79 (5.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 45 (3.00%) Confluence
5 29 (1.93%) CMS
6 27 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
6 27 (1.80%) Umbraco
7 17 (1.13%) Apache
7 17 (1.13%) Apache Spark
8 16 (1.07%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.33%) NetWeaver
11 4 (0.27%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.13%) Moodle
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
Applications
1 73 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.80%) Trello
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.13%) Moqups
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.067%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.067%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 61 (4.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.80%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.40%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
7 2 (0.13%) Eikon
7 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.13%) Odoo
7 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.13%) RMDS
8 1 (0.067%) PlanetPress Connect
8 1 (0.067%) Relativity
8 1 (0.067%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 763 (50.87%) Azure
2 289 (19.27%) Power Platform
3 203 (13.53%) AWS
4 162 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
5 143 (9.53%) Microsoft 365
6 108 (7.20%) SaaS
7 94 (6.27%) Dynamics 365
8 85 (5.67%) GitHub
9 70 (4.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 66 (4.40%) PowerApps
11 64 (4.27%) Power Automate
12 44 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 44 (2.93%) Serverless
13 40 (2.67%) GCP
14 37 (2.47%) Entra ID
15 34 (2.27%) IaaS
16 27 (1.80%) Azure Functions
16 27 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (1.73%) PaaS
18 22 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 104 (6.93%) Firewall
2 81 (5.40%) DNS
3 59 (3.93%) DHCP
4 46 (3.07%) VPN
5 42 (2.80%) SAN
6 41 (2.73%) TCP/IP
7 35 (2.33%) LAN
7 35 (2.33%) WAN
8 25 (1.67%) Network Security
9 22 (1.47%) Intranet
10 21 (1.40%) FTP
10 21 (1.40%) HTTP
11 17 (1.13%) VoIP
12 16 (1.07%) VLAN
13 10 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (0.67%) Wireless
14 9 (0.60%) FIX Connectivity
14 9 (0.60%) NAS
14 9 (0.60%) VSAN
14 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (13.27%) Power BI
2 183 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 178 (11.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 130 (8.67%) MySQL
5 125 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
6 92 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
7 85 (5.67%) Relational Database
8 84 (5.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 71 (4.73%) NoSQL
10 62 (4.13%) MongoDB
11 58 (3.87%) Data Lake
12 40 (2.67%) DB2
13 39 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 29 (1.93%) Tableau
15 22 (1.47%) Metadata
16 19 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
17 17 (1.13%) Data Hub
18 15 (1.00%) QlikView
18 15 (1.00%) RDBMS
19 14 (0.93%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 176 (11.73%) Git
2 103 (6.87%) Visual Studio
3 101 (6.73%) JIRA
4 38 (2.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 31 (2.07%) Jenkins
6 23 (1.53%) TeamCity
7 21 (1.40%) NUnit
8 20 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
9 15 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.93%) MagicDraw
11 12 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.80%) GitLab
11 12 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
12 11 (0.73%) Selenium
13 10 (0.67%) PowerBuilder
13 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.47%) Postman
15 6 (0.40%) JMeter
15 6 (0.40%) Subversion
16 5 (0.33%) Maven
General
1 486 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 332 (22.13%) Finance
3 168 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (5.53%) Retail
5 70 (4.67%) Banking
6 57 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 52 (3.47%) Law
8 51 (3.40%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.27%) Public Sector
10 31 (2.07%) Back Office
11 30 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.80%) Marketing
13 26 (1.73%) Legal
14 24 (1.60%) Advertising
15 23 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.40%) Local Government
17 18 (1.20%) Investment Banking
18 15 (1.00%) Front Office
19 13 (0.87%) Telecoms
20 10 (0.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 686 (45.73%) Developer
2 278 (18.53%) Senior
3 162 (10.80%) Senior Developer
4 160 (10.67%) Analyst
5 152 (10.13%) .NET Developer
6 136 (9.07%) Software Developer
7 125 (8.33%) C# Developer
8 109 (7.27%) Lead
9 101 (6.73%) SQL Developer
10 100 (6.67%) Support Analyst
11 98 (6.53%) Applications Support
12 90 (6.00%) Full-Stack Developer
13 75 (5.00%) Data Engineer
13 75 (5.00%) Software Engineer
14 71 (4.73%) Applications Support Analyst
15 59 (3.93%) Support Engineer
16 56 (3.73%) C# .NET Developer
17 55 (3.67%) Architect
18 48 (3.20%) IT Support
19 44 (2.93%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 627 (41.80%) .NET
2 234 (15.60%) ASP.NET
3 215 (14.33%) CSS
4 212 (14.13%) HTML
5 206 (13.73%) .NET Framework
6 199 (13.27%) React
7 186 (12.40%) .NET Core
8 146 (9.73%) AngularJS
9 115 (7.67%) XML
10 95 (6.33%) REST
11 90 (6.00%) jQuery
12 88 (5.87%) JSON
13 86 (5.73%) Entity Framework
14 74 (4.93%) Web Services
15 73 (4.87%) RESTful
16 72 (4.80%) HTML5
17 67 (4.47%) ASP.NET MVC
18 57 (3.80%) ASP.NET Web API
19 56 (3.73%) SOAP
19 56 (3.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.20%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.47%) Mobile App
3 48 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.20%) NHS
6 32 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 32 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 30 (2.00%) Client/Server
8 29 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
9 28 (1.87%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.87%) Private Cloud
10 27 (1.80%) Clustering
10 27 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (1.80%) Replication
11 24 (1.60%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.27%) Robotics
13 18 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.20%) Onboarding
14 16 (1.07%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 293 (19.53%) Windows
2 149 (9.93%) Windows Server
3 148 (9.87%) Linux
4 46 (3.07%) Unix
5 34 (2.27%) Android
5 34 (2.27%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (0.87%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.67%) CentOS
11 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.40%) Solaris
13 5 (0.33%) AIX
14 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.27%) Rocky
14 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.20%) Debian
16 2 (0.13%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
2 446 (29.73%) Agile
3 315 (21.00%) DevOps
4 219 (14.60%) Business Intelligence
5 191 (12.73%) Computer Science
6 186 (12.40%) CI/CD
7 179 (11.93%) MVC
8 174 (11.60%) Software Engineering
9 148 (9.87%) Migration
10 147 (9.80%) Full-Stack Development
11 138 (9.20%) ETL
11 138 (9.20%) ITIL
12 133 (8.87%) Analytics
13 130 (8.67%) Mentoring
14 113 (7.53%) CRM
15 106 (7.07%) SDLC
16 102 (6.80%) Project Management
17 99 (6.60%) Microservices
18 97 (6.47%) Data Modelling
18 97 (6.47%) OO
Programming Languages
1 840 (56.00%) SQL
2 643 (42.87%) C#
3 304 (20.27%) JavaScript
4 228 (15.20%) T-SQL
5 173 (11.53%) Python
6 146 (9.73%) PowerShell
7 138 (9.20%) Java
8 103 (6.87%) TypeScript
9 78 (5.20%) PHP
10 54 (3.60%) VB.NET
11 51 (3.40%) PL/SQL
12 50 (3.33%) C++
13 22 (1.47%) C
14 21 (1.40%) Bash
15 16 (1.07%) VB
16 15 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.93%) R
18 10 (0.67%) Shell Script
19 9 (0.60%) Bicep
19 9 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 333 (22.20%) Degree
2 112 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 54 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 53 (3.53%) DBS Check
5 52 (3.47%) Security Cleared
6 34 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 27 (1.80%) SC Cleared
8 26 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.67%) MCSA
12 9 (0.60%) MCSE
13 7 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.40%) MCP
14 6 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.27%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.27%) PhD
16 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 43 (2.87%) Accessibility
3 42 (2.80%) GDPR
3 42 (2.80%) QA
4 32 (2.13%) SLA
5 24 (1.60%) WCAG
6 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.40%) GxP
10 5 (0.33%) NCSC
10 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.20%) NIST
11 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.067%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.067%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.067%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.067%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.067%) MiFID
System Software
1 108 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 102 (6.80%) Docker
3 83 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 53 (3.53%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.60%) vSphere
6 16 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.47%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.40%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.13%) KVM
11 2 (0.13%) NFS
11 2 (0.13%) SRDF
11 2 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.13%) Xen
12 1 (0.067%) Firmware
12 1 (0.067%) GPFS
12 1 (0.067%) pfSense
12 1 (0.067%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 113 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 65 (4.33%) Terraform
3 43 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.27%) Ansible
4 34 (2.27%) SCCM
5 22 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
6 14 (0.93%) Grafana
7 10 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (0.67%) SCOM
7 10 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.60%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.33%) Puppet
9 5 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.33%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.27%) Control-M
10 4 (0.27%) WMI
10 4 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 728 (48.53%) Microsoft
2 195 (13.00%) Oracle
3 106 (7.07%) VMware
4 56 (3.73%) Databricks
5 41 (2.73%) Cisco
6 35 (2.33%) HP
7 31 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 30 (2.00%) IBM
9 25 (1.67%) SAP
10 23 (1.53%) Veeam
11 19 (1.27%) Red Hat
12 17 (1.13%) Citrix
12 17 (1.13%) NetApp
12 17 (1.13%) Zoho
13 16 (1.07%) Dell
14 15 (1.00%) Bloomberg
14 15 (1.00%) Reuters
15 14 (0.93%) Google
15 14 (0.93%) SolarWinds
16 11 (0.73%) Splunk